Should People Be Able to Choose The Manner In Which They Prefer to Die?  Americans Are Divided

Should People Be Able to Choose The Manner In Which They Prefer to Die? Americans Are Divided

A new report ("Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual  Preferences Near the End of Life")  from the Institut...

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Teaching Integrity in Empirical Research (Project TIER)

Are you looking for ways to teach students how to conduct rigorous and responsible empirical research?  Richard Ball and Norm Medeiros of Ha...

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Have The Engines Of Upward Mobility Stalled in the U.S.?

Have The Engines Of Upward Mobility Stalled in the U.S.?

Although the American Dream still exerts a strong hold on our collective imagination, there is mounting evidence that the United States actu...

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New Survey Shows Concerns Over Spread of Ebola in the U.S. But Also Widespread Trust In Health Authorities

New Survey Shows Concerns Over Spread of Ebola in the U.S. But Also Widespread Trust In Health Authorities

A new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation examines Americans' attention to the Ebola crisis in Africa, the Ebola cases in the U.S., ...

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Proceed With Caution: An Analysis Of Killings By Police Shows Outsize Risk For Young Black Males But Also Highlights The Limitations Of Official Statistics

Proceed With Caution: An Analysis Of Killings By Police Shows Outsize Risk For Young Black Males But Also Highlights The Limitations Of Official Statistics

In their article "Deadly Force, In Black And White," ProPublica's Ryan Gabrielson, Ryann Grochowski Jones, and Eric Sagara ex...

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Domestic Violence in the U.S.

Domestic Violence in the U.S.

Using data from the Violence Policy Center, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Center for American...

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60 Percent Of Americans Will Soon Live In States With Marriage Equality

60 Percent Of Americans Will Soon Live In States With Marriage Equality

As the Huffington Post recently reported , with the US Supreme Court's decision not to hear appeals from five states that were challengi...

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Are You Thriving, Struggling, Or Surviving?

Are You Thriving, Struggling, Or Surviving?

A recent article in The Economist discussed the Global Well-Being Index by Gallup and Healthways .  This study of 134,000 people in 135 cou...

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